Deployment support network a toolkit for the development of WSNs

  • Authors:

  • Matthias Dyer;Jan Beutel;Thomas Kalt;Patrice Oehen;Lothar Thiele;Kevin Martin;Philipp Blum

  • Affiliations:

  • Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland;Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland;Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland;Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland;Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland;Siemens Building Technologies Group, Switzerland;Siemens Building Technologies Group, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • EWSN'07 Proceedings of the 4th European conference on Wireless sensor networks
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the Deployment Support Network (DSN), a new methodology for developing and testing wireless sensor networks (WSN) in a realistic environment. With an additional wireless backbone network a deployed WSN can be observed, controlled, and reprogrammed completely over the air. The DSN provides visibility and control in a similar way as existing emulation testbeds, but overcomes the limitations of wired infrastructures. As a result, development and experiments can be conducted with realistic in- and outdoor deployments. The paper describes the new concept and methodology. Additionally, an architecture-independent implementation of the toolkit is presented, which has been used in an industrial case-study.